Description
The Vaca Mountains are one most of the most prominent topographic features of Solano County, with a steep ridge along the east side that rises abruptly 1,000 feet (305 m) or more above the foothills below. The range begins at Suisun Marsh, just southeast of Fairfield, California, and continues north about 17.5 miles (28 km) to a terminus at Putah Creek canyon. The width averages about 5.5 miles (9 km) with an area of 61,775 acres (250 km2), most of which is undeveloped. Mt. Vaca at an elevation 2,818 feet (859 m) is the highest summit in the range, as well as the high point in Solano County, but the backbone of the Vaca Mountains is the Blue Ridge, a prominent ridgetop that maintains an elevation of over 1,900 feet (579 m) for most of the range. A broad, low-elevation saddle at the southern terminous of the range contains the city of Fairfield and nearby Travis Air Force Base, and separates the Vaca Mountains from the Montezuma Hills to the southeast, which are another prominent landform of Solano County.
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